text: *Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 1971–1973
  *Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, 1984
  *Member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1992
  *Paul Walden Medal, 1997
  *Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods, 2004
  *Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2005
  *Order of the Three Stars, Republic of Latvia, 2006
  *Elected fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2011